Osteogenesis Imperfecta

Leony came up with these words when reading a book. She was interested in it. She searched for more information from the internet and shared this :

Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI), also known as brittle-bone disease, is a genetic disorder characterized by bones that break easily without a specific cause. Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) literally means "imperfectly formed bone”.

Facts :

1. OI is a disease characterized by breaking of bones under no realp appearent cause except for bone brittleness.
2. While the number of people affected with OI in the United States is unknown, the best estimate suggests a minimum of 20,000 and possibly as many as 50,000.

Credit : 

my.clevelandclinic.org/.../fast-facts-osteogenesis-imperfecta.aspx‎

www.oif.org/site/PageServer?pagename=AOI_Facts 

Happy 68th Independence Day, Indonesia!!!

It's August, and it's time for celebration!

We celebrated our national day with blast of fun!
We decorated our classes with writings of "HAPPY 68th INDEPENDENCE DAY" and "DIRGAHAYU RI KE-68". Primary 3 won the 1st place, followed by Primary 4 in the 2nd place. How about us? We won the 3rd place! Yay!!! Congrats to the winners!!! Way to go...

Primary 1 Angkor

Primary 1 Borobudur

Primary 2 Apollo

Primary 2 Bosscha

Primary 2 Bosscha

Primary 3

Primary 3

Primary 4

Primary 5

Primary 5

We also held other competitions and games in our school. The kids worked their best to win.
Check out some of the moments captured...

'Lomba Makan Kerupuk'

'Lomba Makan Kerupuk'

Marble Race

Marble Race

'Lomba Tarik Tambang'

'Lomba Tarik Tambang'

'Lomba Tarik Tambang'

'Lomba Tarik Tambang'

Throwing Balloons

Throwing Balloons

Dirgahayu ke-68 Republik Indonesia... We love Indonesia and we are proud to be Indonesians!!!

Why Your Stomach Growls When You Are Hungry?

That was one of the questions I addressed to the class while we were discussing the importance of breakfast in Health Education class.
Leony innocently responded, "The elder people I know would usually said it was the worms making noises in my stomach. They're hungry!"
"Yes! Exactly like what we see in the commercial on TV!", Vitto added as he sang along the commercial jingle and chuckled.
Rhodrick said, "It was the gas in our stomach that makes that sound."
Well, Rhodrick almost hit the point. Here's the explanation :

"When your stomach and intestines are empty, it triggers a reflexive generation of waves along your stomach and intestine muscles that trigger contractions, even though there isn’t really much of anything in your stomach that needs moved along.  These are meant to clear out all of your stomach contents, including the mucus, any remaining food, bacteria, etc.  It’s your body’s way of doing a little house cleaning, making sure no food or other matter is accumulating anywhere along your stomach or intestines.  It’s typically this that you are hearing when you’re hungry.
You might be asking yourself, “Well if my stomach is doing these contractions even when I’m full, moving food along, why don’t I hear them all the time?”  To answer that, think of the stomach as hot water bottle.  When it is full and you slosh the contents around, there is little to no noise, depending on just how full it is.  The less you have in it, the more noise the sloshing makes.  This is pretty much exactly what is going on with the stomach only the muscles lining the walls of your stomach and intestines are doing the sloshing as they push the contents of your stomach and intestines towards your derriere."

Credit : http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2010/03/why-your-stomach-growls-when-you-are-hungry/

Do cows get cancer?

That was a question by Leony in our Science class. She came up with this question after examining cow's lungs. The class searched for the answer in the internet, and this is what they found from

http://www.oprah.com/health/Dr-Oz-Answers-Your-Questions-Health-Advice-Column#ixzz2b9sMRz5D :

"Just like us, chickens and cows can develop cancer. But cancer is largely a disease of the aging process, and animals raised for food are slaughtered while they're young. If, by some chance, a meat product does contain cancerous cells, cooking it will kill them. And even if your steak tartare came from a cancer-afflicted cow, there's no evidence to suggest you'd suffer any ill effects. Of much greater concern is eating too much red and processed meat, which are linked to cancers of the digestive system. You should also avoid meat cooked at very high temperatures (such as pan-fried or flame-grilled), because the extreme heat produces carcinogens."

Quality Weekend Time

When was the last time you cooked in the kitchen with your mom?
Most of the students said, "It's been long time ago!" Sounds like they've been living for ages... -.-''
Well, since they're discussing nutrients in their Science class, we held a home project for them. They were to prepare easy healthy snacks with their moms.
Easy, healthy snack ? First thing that came to my mind was JELLY! It's nutritious and so easy to make. And the most important thing is, the kids LOVE it!
So the kids spent their weekend making jellies with their moms.
On Monday, they brought the jellies to share with the class. And, I could say nothing but WOW!
They were really serious with this home project thing. And the moms? Bravo! These kids are so lucky to have such wonderful moms! Thumbs up!

Watch Us Grow ^o^

Time flies...
Yep! I still remember the 1st time I met this class...
my cute little babies have grown into smart outstanding kids... kinda makes me feel old :'(
we discussed how much they've grown and they still had those memories with them!
They remembered their heights and weights measurements back in P2 when we used to do many measuring sessions in Maths class. This time, it's not really about Maths. In Health Education class, we compared how much they've grown...

look at how adorable they were... (well, they still ARE! )

Leony

Austin

Rachel

Vitto

Rhodrick

Mirza

Jasmine

Let's estimate!

It's shopping time...!!!
In Maths class, the students met estimation topic again. This time, they had to estimate shopping budgets. They went to Carrefour Citra Garden. They had such a fun learning moment there. Well, of course, who doesn't love shopping? These are some of the moments captured :

Back in school they worked out their 'Shopping Estimation Report' seriously. Here they are, concentrating on the numbers.